dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
ah-twas a red basso. Silly me. No wonder you ignored me!
Your ride today.... (part 1)
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ah-twas a red basso. Silly me. No wonder you ignored me!
FeistySquirrel
Professional Jelly Baby Decapitator
Slightly further and Slightly faster than last time 
Despite the first 4miles been done at an average of 11.5mph thanks to Bank Holiday sea side traffic and old drivers!! Grr.
Quick toilet break on the way
Quick bite to eat at Mablethorpe...
And finally, meet the hitchhiker that I gave a lift to for 10miles
On the way back it was all headwind
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After reading the thread about how much time is spent on the drops... I purposely spent more time then normal on them today (from 0% to maybe about 40%) and it definitely helped at some points.
Despite the first 4miles been done at an average of 11.5mph thanks to Bank Holiday sea side traffic and old drivers!! Grr.
Quick toilet break on the way
Quick bite to eat at Mablethorpe...
And finally, meet the hitchhiker that I gave a lift to for 10miles
On the way back it was all headwind
.After reading the thread about how much time is spent on the drops... I purposely spent more time then normal on them today (from 0% to maybe about 40%) and it definitely helped at some points.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Ha ha - a mate of mine from Tod has a red Basso, and he often rides that way!
davdandy
Senior Member
- Location
- Lowton/Leigh
What the hell is that burger Squirrel,i bet that gave you the squiffs didnt it?
FeistySquirrel
Professional Jelly Baby Decapitator
Cheap sea side special, with cheap cheese and cheap onions... In RE to the squiffs; I'll let you know later this evening
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
camelbak?
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
I went about 16 miles today. I saw a nice new truck terminal near I-39, Nussbaum Trucking.
(No actual nut trees here, though.)
Went through a roller or two
Near the town of Hudson, Illinois, birthplace of Elbert Hubbard(The Philistine) and Buffalo Jones.
Traveled through some wide open spaces.
And traveled past this radio tower near I-55.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Mmm today's ride was hilly. Not the normal type of hilly but deliberately painful. It started off with a passing comment I might do the Strava segment "A Masochists Delight" in short a segment that links three of the nastiest but individually short climbs in quick succession. Two at there max are about 1:5 and one is a 1:4. Quite why I thought about doing this let alone coming out with the statement I will never know
. The next error was letting @400bhp plot the route. He likes his steep hills
I'm more of a tempo long climb kind of a guy. I know this area well and looked at the proposed route and thought interesting haven't tried some of those roads.
Met at the RV and headed off to Bollington. Got to the start of the first climb Blaze Hill and promptly had my chain jump off the cassette as l changed down and watched 400 bhp disappear into the distance. Got the chain back on and went on up the climb. I had ridden it recently so new when to push and when to sit and spin. Met Mr BHP at the top of the climb onto the next and probably the hardest of the three Pyms Chair. It is a right bugger and I had avoided it for probably three years. It hadn't got easier. The 25% bit after nearly a mile is orrible. It is one of those hills where the chimp in your head says "what are you doing that for? You really don't need to you could stop and get off". Anyway I told the hairy fecker to bog off and grunted up the rest of the climb. Then onto the next climb Goyt Lane out of the Goyt Valley. Probably the easiest in terms of gradient, but dead straight for probably half a mile plus and there are no noticeable features to use as a point of reference so you think great I am half way up only to see a car appear over the summit and you realise you are only a quarter of the way up. Got to the top and rolled down into Buxton then up the Cat and Fiddle road peeling off towards Congleton to stop at Blaze Ice Cream Farm for sustenance. Ice cream was the order of the day Very nice it was as well. @potsy this one is for you buddy.
Gratuitous bike shot.
We were feeling the climbing which at that point was 3000 ft over 20 miles. I asked 400bhp which way we were heading back to which he replied the Barsteward Hill near Wildboar Clough. Mmm odd name I thought. As you probably have guessed by now that is not its proper name more a description of what you call it as you struggle up it. Up another interesting climb out of Langley village which was pretending it wasn't a climb by being shrouded in trees, bloomin was though. Back onto the Cat and Fiddle Road. Can't be anymore climbs I know this road too well. Wrong we cut through down to Rainow where instead of following the normal Kerridge Road the route decided climbing up the steep climb to the higher road would be better
. Back through Bollington and Prestbury and a few miles across the plain and back home. 50ish miles 5000ish feet of climbing. Not the hilliest of rides in the area but the severity of the climbs encountered made it character building.
. The next error was letting @400bhp plot the route. He likes his steep hillsI'm more of a tempo long climb kind of a guy. I know this area well and looked at the proposed route and thought interesting haven't tried some of those roads.Met at the RV and headed off to Bollington. Got to the start of the first climb Blaze Hill and promptly had my chain jump off the cassette as l changed down and watched 400 bhp disappear into the distance. Got the chain back on and went on up the climb. I had ridden it recently so new when to push and when to sit and spin. Met Mr BHP at the top of the climb onto the next and probably the hardest of the three Pyms Chair. It is a right bugger and I had avoided it for probably three years. It hadn't got easier. The 25% bit after nearly a mile is orrible. It is one of those hills where the chimp in your head says "what are you doing that for? You really don't need to you could stop and get off". Anyway I told the hairy fecker to bog off and grunted up the rest of the climb. Then onto the next climb Goyt Lane out of the Goyt Valley. Probably the easiest in terms of gradient, but dead straight for probably half a mile plus and there are no noticeable features to use as a point of reference so you think great I am half way up only to see a car appear over the summit and you realise you are only a quarter of the way up. Got to the top and rolled down into Buxton then up the Cat and Fiddle road peeling off towards Congleton to stop at Blaze Ice Cream Farm for sustenance. Ice cream was the order of the day Very nice it was as well. @potsy this one is for you buddy.
Gratuitous bike shot.
We were feeling the climbing which at that point was 3000 ft over 20 miles. I asked 400bhp which way we were heading back to which he replied the Barsteward Hill near Wildboar Clough. Mmm odd name I thought. As you probably have guessed by now that is not its proper name more a description of what you call it as you struggle up it. Up another interesting climb out of Langley village which was pretending it wasn't a climb by being shrouded in trees, bloomin was though. Back onto the Cat and Fiddle Road. Can't be anymore climbs I know this road too well. Wrong we cut through down to Rainow where instead of following the normal Kerridge Road the route decided climbing up the steep climb to the higher road would be better
. Back through Bollington and Prestbury and a few miles across the plain and back home. 50ish miles 5000ish feet of climbing. Not the hilliest of rides in the area but the severity of the climbs encountered made it character building.
A sunny bank holiday Monday. I'm off work. So I loaded up the new bike with my camera and set off to go at Touring pace for a change.
I now completely get why CX bikes are getting popular. This one makes a brilliant light tourer (will be better when the road tyres arrive for it to replace these knobbly ones) especially now I've replaced it's torturous stock saddle. Disc brakes rule
It was very nice just to amble along and actually stop to take some photos, which I don't do very often otherwise.
Cumbria is gorgeous in this weather, I'm heading up that road and to the left of the hills.
Had a chill out at Talkin Tarn before moving on to Lanercost.
The new road bridge at Lanercost, taken from the top of the old one.
Time for a flapjack at Lanercost Priory. Built using stoneborrowed stolen from the nearby Hadrians Wall.
They also have a very nice cafe in those buildings on the left as well as a B&B.
After looping round past the airport it was back to Mums for tea and was immediately roped into playing football with a 5 year old
and then home for a total of 38 miles. What a lovely day! 
I now completely get why CX bikes are getting popular. This one makes a brilliant light tourer (will be better when the road tyres arrive for it to replace these knobbly ones) especially now I've replaced it's torturous stock saddle. Disc brakes rule
It was very nice just to amble along and actually stop to take some photos, which I don't do very often otherwise.
Cumbria is gorgeous in this weather, I'm heading up that road and to the left of the hills.
Had a chill out at Talkin Tarn before moving on to Lanercost.
The new road bridge at Lanercost, taken from the top of the old one.
Time for a flapjack at Lanercost Priory. Built using stone
They also have a very nice cafe in those buildings on the left as well as a B&B.
After looping round past the airport it was back to Mums for tea and was immediately roped into playing football with a 5 year old
and then home for a total of 38 miles. What a lovely day! Not a lot of time to myself today so,I had a run up towards what Cumbrians call the "Scotch Side",the Cumbria/Dumfriesshire border.Hardly a soul to be seen,on a bike or off actually.Twenty miles or so of sunshine and almost no wind,which in this neck of the woods is just odd-must be something to do with the Bank holiday!The local god must have been having a day off as well because there were none of the little piles of brown smelly offerings strategically placed on the bends just where the infidel cyclists normally desecrate them and where the little god then wills them into a hedge.Only one cyclist as well,grim faced and clearly enjoying himself-maybe it was sheeting down in his world! Still I enjoyed myself,seems like you did too!
PatrickPending
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
My ride yesterday....167Km from Blaby to the vale of Belvoir and back. Taking in the 'on the hill' villages and the rather nice ascents out of the vale over to Owston. Tired me out that did but I made it back in one piece!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Oh ... nope, not him then. He always rides with just one bottle on his bike.
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